The Atchafalaya at Idlewild

I haven't played the course in over a year and it is getting back to where it once was. The improvements are definitely noticeable. The sand traps are in much better condition (a couple of years ago they were filled with weeds). The fairways and rough are in good shape. The greens are a bit slow, but they do roll true. The pace of play was excellent. I played 18 holes in 2.5 hours. I would recommend playing, especially at the Hot Deal rate.

Great condition and layout but the greens are super slow.

Amazing layout. Lots of nature- Raccoons, gators, armadillos. Tee boxes are playable (some under repair). Greens are worst part honestly, fungus or burnt on some parts of most. But very much still enjoyable and playable. Only worth about $40/round with range balls. Great restaurant. Definitely worth to play

The course is making great strides in overall course improvements. I saw multiple workers performing maintenance by fertilization of the fairways an greens.

The sand traps are better now than ever.

The driving range has moved back by the club house an it’s in excellent condition.

The lack of rain around the course has been a challenge for the maintenance crew but they are working through that issue by performing irrigation.

Overall good to see the effort by everyone.

I thought the course layout up to but not including the greens was in great shape. However, the putting greens, on a scale of 1 - 10, I would rate at best a 2.

Very disappointing to play a course with poor putting greens.

Had a great time at the course today. Tee boxs are in good shape and seems like the grounds keepers are working diligent at setting up new tee boxs, so there are temp boxes in place. Very wide fairways with lots of blind doglegs. Even have a big cypress knee in the middle of the fairway for 150 marker on most par4s and all par5s. Bunkers are powdery sand, and supprisingly not that hard to get out of. The greens however are in very bad shape with lots of crabgrass and just missing grass in large patches. Buuut the greens are rather soft and a bit slow so if u can hit them the ball will stop on a dime. I think we just need some rain which we have NOT been getting this summer. Also see alot of wildlife. Theres also some great restrooms throughout the course and the clubhouse / resturant is top notch. Staff is awsome to deal with every time! Looking forward to my next visit.

Course design is excellent staff was very helpful

One of two big issues was corrected. The greens are

In horrible condition. The greens have to be address.

This amazing course is slowly coming back to what it was meant to be. Fairways and traps were great. Some tee boxes are under renovation and a couple greens need to be done. Greens were fast and are mostly bouncing back from disease last year. Hopefully the progress keeps moving in the right direction.

Fairways and bunkers are in good shape but the greens are in terrible condition. To be fair, this summer has been brutally hot with very little rain so it’s not too surprising. Awful weed problem on the greens as well. Still a nice course for the price and I do recommend it as the layout and surroundings are beautiful and show off what south Louisiana is all about.

Course refinishing sand traps very good results

Fairways need watering as do the greens.

Greens in poor condition grass is very dry an has weed

Growth

Nice layout but course was kind of dry from drought and lack of rain.

I’ll be back again for rain check they gave me, I only played the front nine.

The greens were in horrendous conditions, which is a shame because the course itself has the potential to be gorgeous. There was maybe two greens that were in decent conditions…

Wonderful course with great pace of play. Challenging holes and layout. The greens had some rough patches on the edge but usually did not affect play.